Soap holder



Sept. 22, 1925.

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Patented Sept. 22, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS F. (.7RA1`tY, 0F MIDDLEPORT, OHIO, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF T0CHARLES A. GRARY, F MIDDLEPORT, OHIO soar HOLDER.'

Application led June 2, 1924. Serial No. 717,351.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, THOMAS F. CIARY, a citizen of the United States,residmg at Middleport, in the county of' Meigs and 5 State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Soap Holder, of whichI the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a holder adapted to Ihe applied to a cake ofsoap so as to rendcr'the cake buoyant.

A further object is 'to provide a holder which will not interfere withthe use of the soap for toilet purposes and which will hold eithei` asingle cake of soap or several pieces of soap.

Another object is to combine with the holder a scrubbing surface wherebya desirable massaging action can be set up simultaneously with theapplication of the soap to the user.

A At the present time certain soaps can be purchased which will ioat butthese soaps are not as lasting and therefore not as desirable as thehard milled soaps which 25 will not float. A floating soap ismoredesirable for toilet purposes, however, than a milled soap becauseit' will not sink.

The present invention is designed for use in connection with hard milledsoaps so that they will have all of the advantages of. both a milledsoap and a soft soap.

A still further object is to provide a holder which is cheap tomanufacture and can be readily applied to a cake of soap.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the linvention resides in the combinat-ion andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within thescopeof what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings Figure l is a vlew of one side of the holder. x i

Fig. 2 is a view of the. other side thereof.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3, Fig. 2.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference lv designates ahousing or casing formed of thin flexible rubber, this housing beingshaped to fit snugly upon a cake of soap. Obviously the contour of thehousing can be varied. The marginal portion of the housing is providedwith a hollow rim 2 which is air tightand constitutes a float. One ofthe faces of the housing has an opening 3 sufficiently large to permit acake of soap to be inserted therethrough into the housing, it beingunderstood of course that the housing will stretch to any extentnecessary to permit the insertion of the cake. Aperture 4 can beformedin either or both sides of the housing and if desired one of the sidescan be provided with numerous space-d nipples 5 formed of rubber. Smallopenings 6 may be extended through these nipples and, if preferred,additional open-V ings7 can be located between them.

In usino' the soa holder a cake of soap is inserted through tie opening3 Vuntil properly seated within the housing. When the housing with thesoap therein is placed in a body of water, the air contained within therim`2 will render the same buoyant. By rubbing the housing over anyportion of the body a lather will be produced by the soap and water andthis will be applied to' though the soap` the body as eliiciently asshould be applied directly to the skin. By providing one face of thehousing with the nipples 5, said face can be used as a scrubber forproducing a massaging action.

Obviously various modifications of thev structure can be made to meetthe different requirements.

What is claimed is A soap holder comprising a 'flexible housing havingaperture through which the contents of the housing are exposed tothe'action of Water, and a hollowrim carried by the housing forrendering said housing and its contents buoyant.

In testimony that I'claim the fore as my own, I have hereto atlixedture.

going my signa- THOMAS F. CRARY.

